In a previous post, I ranked the various states according to their Golf Wealth—the number of courses per capita. North Dakota came out the best in that calculus, while California was the most golf poor.
A reader suggested that I also should take a look at the number of courses as compared to the size of the state: square miles divided by the number of courses. I did, and created a new statistic: Golf Mileage. In this new measure, the state with the best golf mileage is:
Massachusetts, with one course for every 20.25 square miles.
Alaska, as you might expect, fared the worst, with one course for every 23,515.12 square miles.
The rest of the table is below:
| State | Courses | Sq Miles | Courses/Sq Miles |
| Massachusetts | 408 | 8,262 | 20.25 |
| Rhode Island | 59 | 1,213 | 20.56 |
| New Jersey | 360 | 7,790 | 21.64 |
| Connecticut | 200 | 5,006 | 25.03 |
| Delaware | 53 | 2,026 | 38.23 |
| Florida | 1,481 | 58,681 | 39.62 |
| Maryland | 231 | 10,455 | 45.26 |
| Ohio | 901 | 41,328 | 45.87 |
| New York | 976 | 49,112 | 50.32 |
| Pennsylvania | 811 | 45,310 | 55.87 |
| Michigan | 1,047 | 58,513 | 55.89 |
| Hawaii | 104 | 6,459 | 62.11 |
| South Carolinia | 462 | 31,117 | 67.35 |
| Indiana | 527 | 36,185 | 68.66 |
| Illinois | 777 | 56,343 | 72.51 |
| New Hampshire | 123 | 9,283 | 75.47 |
| North Carolina | 664 | 52,672 | 79.33 |
| Wisconsin | 604 | 56,145 | 92.96 |
| Virginia | 414 | 40,598 | 98.06 |
| Georgia | 523 | 58,390 | 111.64 |
| Vermont | 76 | 9,615 | 126.51 |
| Iowa | 441 | 56,276 | 127.61 |
| Tennessee | 329 | 42,146 | 128.10 |
| Kentucky | 315 | 40,411 | 128.29 |
| California | 1,140 | 158,648 | 139.16 |
| Minnesota | 575 | 84,397 | 146.78 |
| Alabama | 311 | 51,718 | 166.30 |
| West Virginia | 133 | 24,231 | 182.19 |
| Missouri | 336 | 69,709 | 207.47 |
| Washington | 327 | 68,126 | 208.34 |
| Maine | 150 | 33,128 | 220.85 |
| Arkansas | 223 | 53,183 | 238.49 |
| Louisiana | 194 | 47,720 | 245.98 |
| Mississippi | 189 | 47,695 | 252.35 |
| Texas | 1,041 | 266,874 | 256.36 |
| Arizona | 421 | 114,007 | 270.80 |
| Oklahoma | 241 | 69,903 | 290.05 |
| Kansas | 273 | 82,282 | 301.40 |
| Nebraska | 249 | 77,359 | 310.68 |
| Colorado | 306 | 104,100 | 340.20 |
| Oregon | 231 | 97,052 | 420.14 |
| North Dakota | 123 | 70,704 | 574.83 |
| South Dakota | 132 | 77,122 | 584.26 |
| Utah | 134 | 84,905 | 633.62 |
| Idaho | 126 | 83,574 | 663.29 |
| Nevada | 133 | 110,567 | 831.33 |
| New Mexico | 106 | 121,599 | 1,147.16 |
| Montana | 119 | 147,047 | 1,235.69 |
| Wyoming | 70 | 97,818 | 1,397.40 |
| Alaska | 25 | 587,878 | 23,515.12 |
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